[APG Public List] Help with occupation on census

[LBoswell]

I agree, manufacturer of sugar flag root.  Herbal tonic? 
http://www.florahealth.com/flora/home/Canada/HealthInformation/Encyclopedias/Calamus.htm

interesting occupation

Larry
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Drew Smith
  To: Laura Prescott
  Cc: apgpubliclist at apgen.org
  Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 4:43 PM
  Subject: Re: [APG Public List] Help with occupation on census


  Looks like "Manufacturer of Sugared Flag Root" to me.

  You can google either "sugared flag root" or "sugared flagroot" to
  find a few references to it.

  Drew

  On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Laura Prescott <laura at lauraprescott.com> 
wrote:
  > I would be eternally grateful if anyone can help me decipher the 
occupation
  > for Benjamin Rogers on line 47 of the Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1880 
census
  > (ED 492, p. 21). I am looking at the image on Ancestry at:
  > 
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6742&iid=MAT9_547-0024&fn=Maria+L.&ln=Rogers&st=r&ssrc=&pid=16982441
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